Inheriting a mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 puts you at higher risk of breast, prostate, ovarian and pancreatic cancer. Genetic ...

Smoking is one of the biggest contributors to lung cancer, but anywhere from 10-20% of cases in the U.S. each year are diagnosed in people who never smoked. In a new study published in Science, ...

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal ...

C EGFR T790M gene variant face roughly 25 times the lung cancer risk of noncarriers, according to the largest-yet study of ...

The inherited mutation substantially increases the chance of developing lung cancer, including in people who don't smoke.

Lung cancer is so closely associated with smoking that people who have never smoked may assume their risk is extremely low. But new research has identified a rare inherited genetic mutation that ...

On Allure’s Perspectives podcast, Germino, aka “Thee Boobless Babe,” shares why she decided to get an aesthetic flat closure rather than a breast reconstruction after her preventative double ...

New Cleveland Clinic research reveals that up to 5% of Americans—approximately 17 million people—carry genetic mutations or "variants" linked to increased cancer susceptibility, regardless of risk ...

An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025. Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute so much of what makes you you, ...

Why do some people develop cancer while others, exposed to seemingly similar environments and living comparable lifestyles, ...

Horizons moderator William Brangham explores more with Robert Kolker. I'm William Brangham and this is "Horizons." Over 55 ...

One rare inherited mutation raised lung cancer risk more than smoking did, and the effect was strongest in people who never ...